Sheffield Wednesday - v - Leeds United ***Matchday Thread***

[BelfastAndy]

A draw was a fair result.

Definitely need to sort finishing. Our lack of goals may bite us up the ar5e.

[Rev72]

Harrison was piss poor again today..how the feck he keeps his shirt I don't know..he must have some serious dirt on Bielsa!

[OldWhiteTaff]

Harrison was piss poor again today..how the feck he keeps his shirt I don't know..he must have some serious dirt on Bielsa!

It's becoming clear that Bielsa values 'team ethic' (which in simple terms translates into 'grafting') above, it appears, all else. In other words 'side before self' taken to the extreme. So he prefers Harrison and Alioski down the left above any other options simply because they offer the most graft (running, harrying, supporting). Bielsa believes that, yes, there's a 'right' way to play football, but even above this he has an almost religious belief in the 'power of the collective' i.e. if from 1 - 11 every player executes everything Bielsa expects of them in terms of contributing to that collective, and as long as they do that they keep their place. And players who might offer more in one specific area, even if it's an area we look to be deficient in, if they overall don't contribute as much to the collective in Bielsa's eyes then they don't get in the starting 11. He's also obsessive about loyalty. Put those two traits together and you get the team selections we've seen pretty much from when Bielsa took over.

[WTF11]

It's becoming clear that Bielsa values 'team ethic' (which in simple terms translates into 'grafting') above, it appears, all else. In other words 'side before self' taken to the extreme. So he prefers Harrison and Alioski down the left above any other options simply because they offer the most graft (running, harrying, supporting). Bielsa believes that, yes, there's a 'right' way to play football, but even above this he has an almost religious belief in the 'power of the collective' i.e. if from 1 - 11 every player executes everything Bielsa expects of them in terms of contributing to that collective, and as long as they do that they keep their place. And players who might offer more in one specific area, even if it's an area we look to be deficient in, if they overall don't contribute as much to the collective in Bielsa's eyes then they don't get in the starting 11. He's also obsessive about loyalty. Put those two traits together and you get the team selections we've seen pretty much from when Bielsa took over.

Hard work in itself is good, but in this league on its own won't succeed in anything other than doing what we do right now (possess the ball much more than the opposition but more often than is healthy for us we do nothing with it). If you're saying that what we have is what we will have for the rest of the season, forget promotion because the advantage we gained from the early wins will run out.

[WTF11]

If results go against us today and tomorrow, (very possible given the combinations), we could be outside the playoff positions. We need goals!!!!

Looking at the scores so far, I'll have to have a moan about other results more often1😉

[WTF11]

Looking at the scores so far, I'll have to have a moan about other results more often1😉

I'll keep my mouth shut next time😣😣😣

[CalverleyBoy]

To be fair we held against Preston's attack quite well, they do seem to be free scoring at the moment look at todays result - we should have taken our chances thpugh as Bburn did in the first half - Today was always going to be a challenge and the weather was bad so lots of mistakes, every credit to both keepers though they did well

[Katchouro]

This time last season Leeds were comfortably winning against limited kick and rush hoofers like the Pigs. Wednesday are an awful dirty side in a false league position, results will catch up with them.

I can't see a route for Leeds to finish top two in they can't beat Preston or garbage like Wednesday.

[Tichi1]

You mean we can't beat second and fourth away from home in a week?

shyte eh?? numpty!!

[Katchouro]

The Blades won away at WBA and your gaff as well as taking a point at Carrow Road when they were running away with the league.

If your mentality is so small to be happy with a point against ****e like Wednesday so early in the season you don't deserve top two.